Garment hanger



Sept. 19, 1950 M. T. BACICA 2,522,595

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 15, 1947 Inventor Q Miles 71 B acica Em vPatented Sept. 19, 1950 UNITED STATES iWiJlENT DFFICE GARMENT HANGERMiles T. Bacica, Houston, Tex.

Application February 13, 1947, Serial No. 728,337

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, the primaryobject in view being to provide a simply-constructed, inexpensive deviceof the character indicated which is especially adapted for hangingwomen's suits and shirts, or pants, all so as to obviate interference ofone arment with another and wrinkling or crowding thereof.

Another object is to provide in such devices improved clips for hanginggarments full length and which will not tear the garments while securelyholding the same.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presentlyappearing, the preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustratedin the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeedingdescription, and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved garment hanger in thepreferred embodiment thereof;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view in perspective illustrating in detail oneof the gripping fingers;

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the gripping finger complemental tothe gripping finger shown in Figure 2; I

Figure 4 is a view in vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1and drawn to a larger scale.

Reference being had to the drawing by numerals, according to myinvention, as illustrated, a skeleton-type garment hanger is providedcomprising a pair of upper bars I extending oppositely and adapted toslope downwardly from opposite sides of a hanger hook 2, said bars Iterminating in down-turned ends 3 connected together by a lower crossbar4.

A pair of hanger clips 5 are carried by the lower crossbar 4 adjacentthe down-turned ends 3 and which are formed in part by a pair ofdepending fingers 5 formed on the lower edge of said crossbar 4 andprovided on one side facing one side of the hanger with lower end, flatfaced bosses 7. Fingers 3, similar to the fingers 6, are opposed to saidfingers 6 and form with said fingers 6 complemental pairs with thebosses 3 on the fingers 8 facing the bosses l on fingers 6. Above thebosses l, 9 thereof, the pairs of com- .plemental fingers 6, 8 arespaced apart in each pair and hingedly coupled together by an invertedU-shaped, fiat, metal'spring ill the sides H of which are fitted incountersinks [2 in the confronting faces of the fingers 5, 8 above thebosses l, 9 and secured in said countersinks H by rivets [4. The sidesof the springs II] are slotted, as at l5, from the ends thereof tostraddle the rivets l4 so that said springs ii} may be shoved endwiseinto said countersinks l2 over the rivets M to snap into saidcountersinks it. This provides for easy assembly of the parts of theclips 5. As will be clear, the springs It yieldingly maintain thefingers t, 8 of each pair in gripping relation with the bosses l, 9 ofeach pair engaging.

The upper bars l, hanger hook 2, ends 3, lower bar 4, and fingers t arecoplanar and formed from a single piece of suitable material,preferably.

In using the described hanger, the upper bars I serve to support a coatand the lower bar 4 to support the pants, or a shirt, folded thereover,while the clips 5 may be used to grip and suspend any garment fulllength.

The foregoing will, it is believed suffice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention, without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification,without departing from the inventive concept, and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

What I claim is:

A garment hanger comprising a hanger hook, a pair of upper bars inclineddownwardly from opposite sides of said hook and terminating indown-turned ends, a lower crossbar connecting said ends, and a pair ofhanger clips depending from said crossbar adjacent said ends, said clipscomprising pairs of complemental confronting fingers having terminalbosses confronting in each pair of fingers and inverted U-shaped flatmetal springs hingedly coupling the fingers of each pair, said springsconstituting the sole connection between the fingers of the pairs andbeing remote from the pairs of bosses and tending to maintain the bossesengaged in each pair, said springs having sides countersunk in saidfingers and provided with longitudinal slots open at one end and havingrivets extending therethrough and through said fingers for holding saidsides seated in the countersinks and whereby said sides of the springsmay be slipped over said rivet into said countersinks.

MILES T. BACIC'A.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 648,534 Seger May 1, 19002,408,344 Scurrah Sept. 24, 1946 2,376,584 Dessureau May 22, 1945

